diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ed8c8750b298..e0c417100ffe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
             -   name: Run tests
                 run: ./phpunit --verbose --group integration
                 env:
-                    SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER: 'max[indirect]=7'
                     REDIS_HOST: localhost
                     REDIS_CLUSTER_HOSTS: 'localhost:7000 localhost:7001 localhost:7002 localhost:7003 localhost:7004 localhost:7005'
                     MESSENGER_REDIS_DSN: redis://127.0.0.1:7006/messages
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 66336cc2681c..ae4553377613 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.6",
         "doctrine/collections": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/data-fixtures": "1.0.*",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4,<=2.10.2",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4",
         "doctrine/orm": "~2.4,>=2.4.5",
         "doctrine/reflection": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^1.5|^2.0",
diff --git a/phpunit b/phpunit
index fbce26d8edcc..713594fc19ed 100755
--- a/phpunit
+++ b/phpunit
@@ -21,14 +21,4 @@ if (!getenv('SYMFONY_PATCH_TYPE_DECLARATIONS')) {
     putenv('SYMFONY_PATCH_TYPE_DECLARATIONS=deprecations=1');
 }
 putenv('SYMFONY_PHPUNIT_DIR='.__DIR__.'/.phpunit');
-
-if (!getenv('SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER')) {
-    foreach ($_SERVER['argv'] as $v) {
-        if (false !== strpos($v, 'Bridge/Doctrine')) {
-            putenv('SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER=max[indirect]=7');
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 require __DIR__.'/vendor/symfony/phpunit-bridge/bin/simple-phpunit';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
index 11fa2b145670..64b21b426204 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.6",
         "doctrine/collections": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/data-fixtures": "1.0.*",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4,<=2.10.2",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4",
         "doctrine/orm": "^2.6.3",
         "doctrine/reflection": "~1.0"
     },
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php
index 396dcbaf659c..fa383684dfe1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
             $targetArg = $kernel->getProjectDir().'/'.$targetArg;
 
             if (!is_dir($targetArg)) {
-                throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The target directory "%s" does not exist.', $input->getArgument('target')));
+                throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The target directory "%s" does not exist.', $targetArg));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventSubscriberInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventSubscriberInterface.php
index 824f21599c25..741590b1bf3a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventSubscriberInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventSubscriberInterface.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ interface EventSubscriberInterface
      *  * ['eventName' => ['methodName', $priority]]
      *  * ['eventName' => [['methodName1', $priority], ['methodName2']]]
      *
+     * The code must not depend on runtime state as it will only be called at compile time.
+     * All logic depending on runtime state must be put into the individual methods handling the events.
+     *
      * @return array The event names to listen to
      */
     public static function getSubscribedEvents();